Popcorn yields and farming notes from Wisconsin periodical
A Wisconsin farm periodical discusses lessons in cheerful living, school observations, popcorn yields at 44 to 4 per acre, and the value of dental care. It notes the White Silver Kings corn, station experiments with Wisconsin No. 7, and compares yields to national averages. It also touches temperance, housing, and animal husbandry anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theields
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Wisconsin
Uiey
Timber preservation methods extend mine props life
With timber scarcity rising, studies focus on treating railroad ties and mine props to resist decay. Tests show fungi and insect damage curbed by preservatives, notably two coats or tank immersion with creogate or car holinium to double life, signaling a shift from wasteful past methods.
Sheep Fences, Poor Farming, and Moral Strength
An editorial argues that only farmers lacking enterprise object to sheep as nuisances. It links fence repair to progressive farming and elevates physical vigor, clear vision, and sturdy digestion as signs of a conscientious, gentle, and tender life rewarded with happiness and usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie
No backbone and the farmer car shortage critique
A harsh, illiberal critique mocks a man who resists rightward propositions and links grain selling farmers to car shortages. It argues the weak man will fail as a citizen and hints that farmers without reserves suffer most when cars are scarce, forcing immediate crop sales at lower prices.
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Citien
Somety
Tle
Cribbed corn shrinkage observed by town station experiment
An early 20th century test weighed a crib of 7000 pounds of corn monthly. From January to April the loss reached 360 pounds (about 5 percent). The following three months shed another 100 pounds, implying a bushel of corn weighing eighty pounds at packing would weigh seventy four pounds at year end.
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Town Experiment Station
It Is Hard For Us Who Live In America
An American observer contrasts the fertile soil and progressive government with the Russian peasant's stark hunger and famine. The piece notes a peasant who endures days on a rude couch to stretch a small ration and keep warmth and life in the cold, bleak months.
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America
Lim
Extermination Tips From A Past Pest Control Column
A historical pest note describes rat infestations and several methods. It warns against early poison use and suggests past methods including paste mixed with arsenic, sponge pieces fried in pork grease, and molasses with rye sprinkled to attract rats, noting effective results and cautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Dold
Giey
Nave Leen
Farm mutuals show low costs amid graft exposé contrasts
Amid graft disclosures in old line insurers, farm er’s county mutuals in western states report low costs and solid growth. The company, 26 years old with 2 201 members, has assets rising from 2 725 to 83 982 0H and 89 new members this year. Secretary’s notes claim average insurance cost per 1 000 dollars was 1.50 for 1906, far below top firms’ rates, while salaries remain modest with a president at 74.86, secretary 300, treasurer 10, and 16 directors totaling 152.87 for pay and expenses.
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Liverago
Jis
Durum wheat shows strong promise for western farming
Durum wheat, introduced from Europe about seven years ago, proves well adapted from Manitoba to Texas. Dakota and Minnesota harvests total about 14 million bushels this year, driven by its hardness and low gluten. Export demand for macaroni wheat remains high, especially from Italy, with prices up to premium export wheat levels.
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Europe
Department of Agriculture
Department
Manitoba
Texas
Dakotas
Minnesota
South Dakota
Mediterranean
Italy
A Sensible Precaution for Would-Be Movers
A suggestion urges potential settlers to visit a new country for a year before relocating. It argues moving agents push seasons of peak vegetation and favorable weather, masking downsides. Staying a year helps buyers avoid costly double moves and better assess real conditions.
Farm Bookkeeping and Hidden Farm Expenses
The article argues farmers lose money due to untracked costs like time, labor, feed, repairs, and supplies. It advocates itemized expense records alongside receipts to reveal true profitability and to show if the farmer earns starvation wages despite family living.
Foraker and Roosevelt clash over Brownsville army move
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker prepare to clash over the discharge of the Twenty fifth cavalry at Brownsville. Foraker seeks a senate investigation while the president may veto any reinstatement bill and even contemplate impeachment if forced. Disturbances at the White House include crank cases amid holiday tensions.
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Charles W. Arthur
Washington
Roosevelt
Senaior Foraker
Twenty-fifth Cavalry
Ohio
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Foraker
Constitutional League
Bilton D. Purdy
United States
Texas
Brownsville
Meraker
Telus
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
The
Twenty-fifth
Taft
The Mysterious Bird of Mont Pelee
In the fall of 1901 Tom McLaren sails from New Orleans as second mate bound for Rio Janeiro to marry on his return. Anecdotal tale follows of an old Caribbean sorceress, a perilous voyage, and a vow to seek help for a missing husband with a foreboding vision and a warning not to look away as danger looms.
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Tom McLaren
New Orleans
Rio Janeiro
Lucy
Kitty Kelly
Orleons
Rio
Sarah
Sam Lathrop
Jim
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Simuull
Tod
Register
Srockford
Gilleraly
Forsker
Seid
White House
Secret Service
Turpentine Trust
Mont _ Pelee
EE Rosskill
Merion E. Cragskill
Abe
Kitt
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